Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Heron Oblivion - Heron Oblivion, album review

Gorgeous Mania

Meg Baird of Espers provides the minimalist drumming for
this 4-piece collective that hails from former acidfolkrock collectives,
including Comets on Fire, and her 60s folk vocal is sublimely the major contribution
she makes to these otherwise psychedelically guitar-ripped songs, wah wah and
fuzz and volume scorching around her totally pure tones.

Opener Beneath Fields actually tunes that wah
wah to the honey of the singing, but next Oriar
introduces the more consistent caustic guitar contrast. Rama is a 10 minute builder, slow and harmony-layered until the
guitar raids. Seventeen Landscapes covers
that myriad from the average trip, acoustic and electric ebbs and flows. I think it is gorgeously manic, like the ending to Your Hollows.

About Me

This blog is essentially for music reviews, including live gigs. Frequently heavy on 60s/70s nostalgia, the time of my musical growing-up, there is also an eclectic and contemporary range. In addition I fuel a commitment to posting themed album covers for the simple challenge and fun of it - as I've started, I'll keep going. Enjoy.